Talk:miranym
Usage
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Apparently a modern literary word with little popular usage. Mentioned in the book Word Nerd: More Than 17,000 Fascinating Facts about Words[1] by lexicographer and linguist Barbara Ann Kipfer and in A. J. Jacobs' book The Know-It-All,[2] it is also regarded by some to be a literary device living in digital obscurity;[please clarify][3] [4]for example, Miranda, B notes, in Miranyms and Moses Illusions, My, Oh, Myǃ[5], that this word is not often seen beyond niche pockets of study sites, such as Quizlet (link to example), and Huffman also references miranyms as a literary term of, "English in the Digital Age"[6].
The word is highlighted by Richard Nordquist, professor emeritus of Rhetoric and English at Georgia Southern University and freelance writer, as a "weird, witty, and wonderful language-related term"[7] and Lois Huffman, a consultant for the Centre for Applied Linguistics at North Carolina State University, believes that miranyms are a useful and important device in helping students further understand and engage with certain literary concepts, such as synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms[8]
- ^ Kipfer, B. (2007). Word Nerd: More Than 17,000 Fascinating Facts About Words. Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks, p.342.
- ^ Jacobs, A. (2006). The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest To Become The Smartest Person In The World. London: Arrow Books, pp.178-179.
- ^ Miranda, B. (2020). Miranyms And Moses Illusions, My, Oh, My!. Writers Access. [online]. Available at: <https://www.writeraccess.com/blog/miranyms-and-moses-illusions-my-oh-my/> [Accessed 6 September 2020].
- ^ Huffman, L. (2015). Viva Vocabulary! Practical Ways to Promote Word Consciousness: just following up, lots of additions. NC Readings. [online]. (Part 1 of 3), pp.1-12. Available at: <https://ncreadingcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/additions-part-i.pdf> [Accessed 6 September 2020].
- ^ Miranda, B. (2020). Miranyms And Moses Illusions, My, Oh, My!. Writers Access. [online]. Available at: <https://www.writeraccess.com/blog/miranyms-and-moses-illusions-my-oh-my/> [Accessed 6 September 2020].
- ^ Huffman, L. (2015). Viva Vocabulary! Practical Ways to Promote Word Consciousness: just following up, lots of additions. NC Readings. [online]. (Part 1 of 3), pp.1. Available at: <https://ncreadingcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/additions-part-i.pdf> [Accessed 6 September 2020].
- ^ Nordquist, R., 2019. 25 Weird, Witty, And Wonderful Language-Related Terms. [online] ThoughtCo. Available at: <https://www.thoughtco.com/witty-and-wonderful-language-related-terms-1692380> [Accessed 6 September 2020].
- ^ Huffman, L. (2015). Viva Vocabulary! Practical Ways to Promote Word Consciousness: just following up, lots of additions. NC Readings. [online]. (Part 1 of 3), pp.1, 5, 9. Available at: <https://ncreadingcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/additions-part-i.pdf> [Accessed 6 September 2020].
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Interesting word, but one independent use shy of passing the RFV as far as I can find. — Ungoliant (falai) 23:48, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
- I added the two books mentioned in the entry to the citations page, but one seems like a mention (it's a glossary-like list of words and their definitions). The other one contains a mention followed by what arguably is one use. The string also occurs as someone's twitter(?) handle in this magazine, which isn't really a citation; it's not in any other magazines nor in academic journals AFAICT. (It's also a multiple-choice option in this seemingly not durably exam.) - -sche (discuss) 07:02, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
RFV-failed (Sadly, I LIKED the word, but there just is not the evidence of use.) Kiwima (talk) 23:25, 4 April 2021 (UTC)